SOC 2 Reporting

A SOC 2 Type I typically takes approximately one to two months from kickoff to report issuance, assuming controls are in place. A SOC 2 Type II depends on your examination period (6 to 12 months), with a draft report within two weeks of fieldwork completion and the final report within five to seven weeks of period end.

For a first-time engagement, total timeline from kickoff to final report is typically 8 to 16 months depending on how much remediation you need and your audit period length. Renewals run shorter because the readiness work falls away.

SOC 2 pricing is driven by the report type, the Trust Services Categories in scope, and the size and complexity of your environment, so a meaningful number requires scoping rather than a rate card. Directionally: a readiness assessment costs less than an audit, a Type I costs less than a Type II, and every category you add beyond Security expands testing and cost. We frequently offer package pricing when readiness, Type I, and Type II work are engaged together.

We provide a fixed-fee proposal scoped to your actual environment, so there are no billing surprises. Use our pricing calculator for an estimate, or request a quote →

No. A Type I is not a prerequisite for a Type II. Many organizations go directly to a Type II, especially if they have strong controls in place. A Type I is most useful when you need a report quickly to satisfy a customer requirement while your Type II audit period runs concurrently.

Security (CC criteria) is required in every SOC 2 Report. Additional categories, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy, are optional and selected based on your service commitments and what your customers care about.

Most companies start with Security only; Confidentiality is the most common addition, and Availability comes next, especially for SaaS. We help you determine the right scope during our initial scoping call so you are not over- or under-audited. Read our breakdown of all five categories.

Yes. We work directly within your GRC platform throughout the engagement. We pull evidence from Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, TrustCloud, and similar tools, and we will tell you exactly what evidence format we need so collection is as lightweight as possible. Using a GRC platform does not reduce audit rigor, it reduces the manual burden on your team.

That is exactly what a readiness assessment is for. We identify gaps before your audit period begins so you have time to remediate. Discovering gaps during the audit is far more disruptive and costly. Our readiness engagements are structured to give you a clear, prioritized action list, not a generic checklist.

You work directly with a partner from scoping call through final report delivery. We do not hand off engagements to junior staff after the kickoff. The partner who scopes your engagement leads fieldwork, reviews findings, and signs the report.

With preparation, fieldwork is a concentrated 3 to 4 week window. The most common pain point is evidence collection, which GRC platforms significantly reduce. We provide a detailed evidence request list upfront, with clear format requirements, so your team is not fielding unclear back-and-forth requests during the audit.

A SOC 2 Report contains: management's description of the system, including boundaries and service commitments; the auditor's opinion letter; a description of tests performed and the results; and, for Type II, a summary of any exceptions or noted deviations.

The report is confidential and shared only with customers and stakeholders under NDA. It is not a public certification, though many companies note their SOC 2 status publicly.

SOC 2 covers overlapping control domains with ISO 27001 and HIPAA. Many of the controls you implement for SOC 2 directly support HIPAA Security Rule compliance or ISO 27001 certification. Today we map SOC 2 control environments to NIST CSF and SOX ITGC within the same engagement; ISO 27001 and HIPAA mappings are on our roadmap and can be scoped by amendment, giving your customers and partners a broader view of your compliance posture without doubling your audit effort.

SOC 2 Type II reports are issued for a specific audit period and typically renewed annually. Most enterprise customers and vendor security questionnaires expect a report dated within the last 12 months. Annual renewals are generally faster and more efficient than the initial engagement because the foundational documentation and scoping work is already in place.

If you are losing deals because enterprise procurement is asking for a SOC 2 Report, it is not too early. We work with early-stage companies regularly, and the readiness phase is designed to meet you where you are, not assume you have a mature compliance program in place.

The right time to start is when it is costing you customers or adding friction to your sales process.